18-wheeler tire smashes windshield on I-10

A tire apparently went through the window of a Toyota Camry heading west Tuesday morning on Interstate 10 near 11th Street, initial police reports indicated.

'The first calls from motorists were about tire material on the freeway, which was said to have come from a blue propane truck traveling east on I-10, police public relations personnel said. The truck left the highway at the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway exit, where police talked with the driver shortly after the incident.

Traffic had begun moving smoothly in the area by about 10:30 a.m., and a Beaumont Fire Department dispatcher said no injuries were reported. A fire department truck handled cleanup.